تسجيل الدخولKane is fighting a battle no one else can see, while the Veyrath have finally revealed what they truly came for. But if the Luna Sanctum is awakened, will Red Claw still be fighting for its territory or for its survival?
The royal chamber did not return to normal after the Veyrath sons left.Their footsteps had barely disappeared before the room erupted into movement.Healers hurried toward the fallen warriors, calling for fresh bandages and herbs. Rogan was lifted carefully from the floor while Jarek remained close, refusing to move until he was certain his friend’s father was still breathing. Gideon's body was carried away in silence, and the sight left a heavy emptiness behind.Selene stood among them, watching everything happen around her.She had fought until her body could barely hold itself together, yet the concern in everyone's eyes made her feel more like a wounded child than the heiress she was.“I am fine,” she insisted when one of the healers approached her.“You are bleeding.”“I said I am fine.”Mira appeared beside her.“Selene.”There was no anger in her mother's voice this time.Only fear.Selene finally allowed the healer to examine her, but even then, she remained restless. Her eyes
Selene stepped forward before anyone could stop her.Jarek was still on his knees, one hand pressed against the floor as blood ran down his face. A short distance away, Rogan lay motionless after being thrown aside by the Veyrath. Gideon's body remained where he had fallen, and the sight of it was enough to make something inside Selene break.She could not stand there anymore.She could not watch another person fall while she remained behind everyone else.“Selene, no.”Kaelen's voice reached her from behind.She heard him.She knew exactly what he was telling her.But she did not turn around.Her eyes remained fixed on the Veyrath warrior standing before her.He looked at her for a long moment before a slow smile spread across his face.“So this is the heiress of Red Claw?”His gaze moved briefly toward Darius.“You send your daughter forward after watching your strongest warriors fall?”The insult was deliberate.Selene did not answer.She simply raised her hands and steadied her br
Kaelen remained outside the royal chamber.He did not move closer.He did not interfere.He simply stood among the Red Claw warriors, watching the two strangers who had walked into the heart of the pack without fear.Something about them was wrong.Not because they were loud.Not even the weapons that carried.It was the opposite.They were too calm.They stood before Alpha Darius as though the largest and strongest pack in the territory meant nothing to them.Kaelen kept his eyes on them while Darius faced the two Veyrath sons.For several seconds, no one spoke.Then the taller of the two men broke the silence.“Tribute is over.”Darius's expression hardened.“You have said that before.”“No,” the Veyrath son replied. “You misunderstood us before.”He took another step into the room.“We are no longer asking for land. We are no longer asking for warriors. We are no longer asking for gold, resources, or whatever else you have been throwing at us to keep us satisfied.”His eyes moved sl
“Who exactly are you?”Midnight Blade's question came quietly, but there was nothing casual about it.Kaelen looked at him.“What do you mean?”Blade took a slow step closer.“Why do we gravitate towards you?”Kaelen's expression remained calm.Blade looked around at the Midnight wolves scattered through the settlement. Some were still watching Kaelen. Others had already lowered their heads in his presence. Even those who had never spoken to him seemed strangely drawn to him.“My people do not behave this way around strangers,” Blade continued. “Yet since you arrived, they look at you differently. They follow you with their eyes. They bow to you. Some of them look at you as though they have known you all their lives.”Kaelen said nothing.Blade's gaze returned to him.“And I feel it too.”That caught Kaelen's attention.Blade's voice became quieter.“I have lived long enough to know when something is wrong. I have fought beside wolves whose strength could tear through an entire battlef
Kaelen had spent enough time inside Red Claw to understand that the territory was far larger than he had imagined.The pack had not grown this powerful through one victory or one generation of leadership. It had swallowed territories over many years. Some packs had been defeated in war. Others had lost their leaders and been forced to surrender. Some had simply disappeared after their lands were taken.Their survivors had been absorbed into Red Claw.Warriors became soldiers.Strong wolves were given positions within the pack.Others became servants, workers, or omegas.Entire families had been scattered across different parts of the territory until the names of the packs they once belonged to meant almost nothing.Midnight was only one of them.Thalo Vane had already told Kaelen what happened to his people. He knew Midnight had been captured by the Red Claw.What he did not know was where the surviving Midnight wolves had been placed.That was the problem.Red Claw was too large.Its
The entire training ground had gone quiet.Gideon stood opposite Kaelen with his fists raised, his shoulders tense and his eyes fixed on the stranger who had accepted his challenge without the slightest sign of hesitation.Around them, the Red Claw warriors formed a loose circle.Everyone knew Gideon.He was not some inexperienced wolf looking for attention. He had trained among the strongest warriors in the pack for years, fought in real battles, survived missions that had left other wolves wounded, and earned his place through strength rather than words.That was why some of the warriors were already looking at Kaelen differently.They knew what Gideon could do.Kaelen simply stood there.Calm.Still.Almost too relaxed.Gideon's expression hardened.“You should not have accepted.”Kaelen's eyes remained on him.“You challenged me.”“That does not mean you understand what you are facing.”A faint silence followed.Kaelen lowered his hands slightly.“I suppose we are about to find out







